Belt retainer



E. O. SJOLANDER BELT RETAINER INVENTOR .25. Q fi m 051 ATTORNEYS FiledJuly 28. 1923 Patented Oct. 7, 1924.

UNITED stares atlases ERIC 0. SJOLANDER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BELT RETAINER.

Application filed July 28, 1923. Serial No. 654,431.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E1210 0. SJOLANDER, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BeltRetainers, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention is a belt retainer adapted to be attached to a garment toengage with a belt for holding the belt against displacement from adesired position on the garment, and it consists in the combinations,constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and reliable beltretainer of the char- 1 acter described which is adapted to bedetachably secured to a garment and which when in applied position willbe effective to hold a belt in a desired position on thegarment withoutinterfering with the adjustment of the belt or causing injury to thegarment.

Afurther object is to provide a belt retainerof the character describedwhich will take up but little space when in applied position on thegarment and which is adapted to cooperate with an edge portion of thegarment and in such manner as to be almost completely hidden from View,wherebyits presence on v a arment is not likely to be noted.

- arent from the following description, considered in conjunctionwith-the; accompanying drawings, in which-.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showinga belt retainer embodying theinvention in applied position on the garment in belt reraining position.

Figure 2 is a relatively enlarged perspective view showing the beltretainer,

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the belt retainer, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a locking lever which is comprised inthe belt retainer.

A belt retainer embodyingv the invention in the form now preferred by mecomprises a substantially U-shaped body 1 formed of a single strip ofmaterial, such as a light gauge metal, bent transversely intermediateits length to provide a pair of parallel body members or arms 2 and 3respectively. The body member or arm 2 is provided with an integrallateral tongue 4 Wl1lcl1 is offset outwith a belt which is to beretained Other objects and advantages will be apwardly at 5 adjacent toits juncture withjthe body member or arm 2' so that the ;-tongue 4extends for the greater part of itsllength in spaced parallel relationto the plane of the body member or arm 2. The width of the tongue 4'preferably is nearly equal to the length of the body member or arm 2' sothat the tongue 4L will be sufiiciently strong for the purpose for whichit is provided, which purpose willbe hereinafter'more particularly setout,

The body 1 is provided withlfastening means whereby it may be secured toan edge portion of a garment, as for instance to the lateral edge of theoverlapping flap at the, front of a pair of trousers 6 so thatfthe"tongue 4 will be held in positionto extend part way across trousers andto engage with the outer face and the upper edge of the belt to retainthe abelt 7 which encircles the latter against upward movement on thetrousers. The particular fastening means includedin the embodiment ofthe invention which is illustrated in the accompanying drawingscomprises a substantially U-shaped spring clamp 8 which interfits thebody 1 so that the arms of the spring clampare actuated because oftheinherent resiliency of the material composing the spring clamp tomove apart to position to engage the inner face of the arms of the'bodyv1. The arms of the spring clamp 8'may be forced toward each other inpositionfto clampingly engage a portion of the garment which isreceivedtherebetween and releasably held in garment clamping position by anangle lever 9 which.

comprises arelatively short presserarm 10 extending through arm 2 intoengagement at'its free end ,with the adjacent or outer face of one ofthe arms ofthe spring clamp 8, the lever arm 10 being provided at itsfree end with a guide projection 12 engaging with a guideslot 13 in theadjacent arm of the spring clamp; The lever 9 also includes a longer arm14 which extends substantially at right angles an aperture 11v in the tothe presser arm 10 and constitutes a handle which may have the free endportions thereof enlarged as indicated at 15 so that it may beconveniently grasped to effect op- The lever 9 is releaseration of thelever. ably held against displacement from the body 1 sothat the presserarm 10 will extend through the aperture 11 into engagement with theadjacent arm of the spring clamp .8 by a pair of alignedtrunnions 16which extend laterally from the side edges 01" the lever along a lineapproximately coincident with the line ofjunc-ture of the arm 10 and thearm 14: of the lever, the trunnions being received in lateral seats inthe inner face of the arm 2 at the outer end of the aperture 11.

The arms of the spring clamp 8 may be provided with inwardly extendingprojections or tangs 17 on their inner for engagement with the portion01" the garment which is received therebetween. The spring clamp 8 isreleasably held against displacement from the body both because of t eengagement or" the guide projection 12 with the guide slot 13 andbecause of the engagement of an outwardly extending projection 18 on theouter face of the clamp arm which is remote from the lever 9 with arecess in the inner face of the arm 3.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. t will be manifest that thebody 1 will be firmly, secured to an edge of a gar sent which isembraced by the spring clamp 8 interlitting the body 1 when the lever 9is in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2. When the lever handle 1% isswung outward to the position shown in Figure 3, the arms of the springclamp 8 will spring apart so that the body 1 may be detached from thegarment. When the body 1 has been secured on the lateral edge portion ofthe overlapping flap at the front of a pair of trousers in the positionshown in Figure l, the belt engaging tongue 4- will depend downwardlyfrom the body in overlying relation to the adjacent portion of the belt7 which encircles the trousers and will hold. thebelt against upwardmovemeut at the front of the trousers and thus will hold the beltagainst CllSjDlElCGlllzlel', from the trousers at the front oil thelatter thereby insuring that the trousers will be properly supportedwithout there being any necessity of tightening the belt to an extentwhich might cause discomfort to the wearer.

Obviously, my invention is susceptible olt 1,s10,ses

embodiment in forms other than that illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and I therefore consider as my own all modifications andadaptations of the form of the device herein described which fairly fallwithin the scope or" the appended claims.

I claim l. A device of the character described comprising asubstantially ll-shaped body having a pair of spaced apart arms adaptedto straddle the edge portion of a garment, a tongue integral with one ofsaid arms and extending laterally thereof, said tongue being ol fsetoutwardly from a line adjacent to its line of juncture with said arm,and fastening means carried by the body for de tachably securing thelatter to the edge portion of said garment.

2. A device of the character described coinprisin a substantiallyU-shaped body a pair of spaced apart arms adapted to straddle the edgeportion of a garment, a tongue integral with one of said arms andextending laterally thereof, said tongue being offset outwardly from aline adjacent to its line of juncture with said arm, fastoning meanscarried by the body for detachably securing the latter to the edgeportion of said garment, said fastening means comprising a substantiallyti -shaped spring clamp interlitting said body and having arms urgedcontmuously apart to engage with the inner faces of the arms of saidbody, and an angle lever carried by the tongue carrying arm of the bodyand havportion e1 :ending through an aperture in said tongue cari ingarm into engagement with the adjacent arm of the spring clampsaid leverbeing operable to effect inward movement of the adjacent arm of thespring clamp toward the other arm of the spring clamp or to permitoutward movement of the adjacent arm of the spring clamp, at will, saidadjacent arm of the spring clamp having a longitudinal slot therein andsaid angle lever having a guide projection at its inner end working insaid slot.

ERIC 0; SJOLANDER.

